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Well, Hodi actually slept pretty well on his first night here. I set up his bed with a cardboard box in front of it so he can;t roam around the entire room.

I thought it might work quite well to keep him contained to a small area; he seemed happy enough in his bed with the blanket his mother had slept on and a soft toy Elephant; the only one which I could find that didn’t have a squeaker.

He cried once during the night, but settled down a little when I spoke to him (I tried to avoid going to him as I fear that might encourage more noise at night). We went to bed at 2230 and he seemed to settle, but his crying spell was about 1130, after which he pretty much slept through from 1200 to 0545, when we got up and I took him into the garden.

All in all a pretty good first night.

I brought Hodi home with me the other day. When I arrived at the breeders we needed to sort out some paperwork and other things.

We then waited for him to settle down before leaving in the hope he would settle in the car.

Unfortunately, he did not. He cried all the way home.

Once here, though, he actually settled down quite quickly and seems to particularly like the living room, which was the first room I took him into and where we spent most of the day.

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It has been a long time since I last had a dog, but, with changes to my job, I have decided that it is time to get one.

I work as an IT consultant and used to be travelling a lot for work, but since 2020 clients have realised that much work can be accomplished remotely with meetings and collaboration through tools like Microsoft Teams, Jira and Confluence. Therefore I only have to travel a handful of days a year.

I decided that I would get a Springer Spaniel, as I like walking and live in a rural Northumberland village, with both the National Park and Kielder Forest nearby, giving ample places for us to walk. I also decided that I would prefer a female dog.

However, as I started looking at litters I reconsidered both of my decisions regarding the type and sex. As well as looking at Springers, I also started looking at Cocker Spaniels (which are similar to, but smaller than, Springer Spaniels) and also that rather than looking for a particular sex of puppy I would view litters and see if any puppy stood out.

Continue reading “The Saga of Hodi Begins”